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Fazzy, the Fazed Digital mascot

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Fazzy's debut album. Out 14 February 2027.

Eight songs, all written as rows of text. Scroll and the page plays them.

Sound on? Every row you scroll joins the song.

MAKE A BEAT

Tap a square to add a hit. Drag along a row to paint. Every hit lands on the beat, so nothing sounds wrong.

Arrows move, Space adds a hit, 1 2 3 pick kick, snare or hats.Tap a square. Drag along the row to paint.

HIS FIRST ALBUM

Fazzy is a text file: eighteen characters wide, twenty-three rows tall, one lime F for a head.

He spent two years as Fazed Digital's mascot, waving at clients. Then someone handed him a sequencer. PLAIN TEXT is what happened next: eight songs, every note typed out row by row. He has no mouth, so he sings with his visor.

Drag a square up or down to change the note. It follows the chords for you.Hold a square to change its note. It follows the chords for you.

REMIX IT

Switch a part off, change the mood, change the speed. Fazzy dances to whatever you leave on.

Mood

Bright keys, punchy drums.

Warm keys, brushes, a little swing.

Soft piano, a shaker, and Fazzy brings an umbrella.

Speed in beats per minute

Each square plays the chord. Drag it up for a higher voicing.Each square plays the chord. Hold it for a higher voicing.

TRACKS

Tap a song and the whole grid rewrites itself into it.

  1. The first thing every program says. Four on the floor in C.

  2. Half-time, lazy hats, a long breath between lines.

  3. Disco claps. The same chorus twice, on purpose.

  4. Two short kicks and a gap. Indented funk.

  5. The slow one. Brushes, and a bass that stays.

  6. Quiet keys, busy hats, nobody shouting.

  7. The anthem. The claps build and everyone saves a copy.

  8. Kick on one and three, long chords, lights down.

Eight songs, 28 minutes.

Fazzy sings the notes you give him. Up or down, he stays in key.

FULL MIX

Every row you scrolled past plays at once. Then Fazzy goes back to being a text file for a moment.

TOUR 2027

Fazzy plays the grid live, and the crowd adds the rows.

PLAIN TEXT tour dates (samples)
DateCityVenueTickets
BrooklynGold Hall AnnexTickets
PhiladelphiaThe Spool RoomTickets
TorontoLakeshore BoxSold out
ChicagoPilsen YardTickets
AustinCedar Street TentTickets
Los AngelesThe Paper MillTickets
LondonFountain YardTickets
AmsterdamKraanloods 9Tickets
TokyoKoenji Box HallTickets

Sample dates for this concept site.

MERCH

Ships from 14 February. Prices in US dollars.

CREDITS

  • Written, sung and typed by Fazzy.
  • Produced by Fazzy and Fazed Digital.
  • Drums, bass, keys and voice made in code with Tone.js.
  • Every instrument on this page is a text file, built from toy blocks with OGL.
  • Mixed for laptop speakers first.
  • Fazzy is the Fazed Digital mascot. The album, songs, tour and merch are samples.

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One email when there's something new. Concept site: this opens your mail app.

For press, radio and bookings, write to

press@plaintext.example

Press kit: cover, eight stills, Fazzy in three poses, bio (sample).

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We'll email you once, on 14 February, with every place to stream and buy it.

Concept site: this opens your mail app with the details filled in.

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Tickets

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Checkout

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Keyboard

Tab
Move between controls (each grid is one stop)
Arrows
Move along a grid
Home / End
First / last step
Space or Enter
Add or remove a hit
[ and ]
Change the note of a step
M
Mute that row
1 2 3
Kick, snare, hats (drums grid)
Esc
Leave the grid / close a sheet
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